Geek + Tea

So pleasantly surprised by this tea!

I’ll be really honest, I bought it because I thought the name/pun was too good not to. I don’t really like Earl Grey very much though, so I expected to get a clever tea pairing for the next time I read an X-Men comic but not a blend I overly enjoyed. It was worth the trade off.

However! This surprised me with nice it was. I mean, it’s not a new fast favourite or anything like that but I didn’t find myself struggling to get through the mug of it or grimacing at the bergamot. In fact, it was surprisingly smooth and even kind of creamy as if there was a vanilla element to the tea – although I don’t see vanilla or any type of flavouring listed with the ingredients. The bergamot was light to medium bodied, and primarily the flavour was just this silky floral that I enjoyed – nice notes of rose, which I found really soothing.

Always nice when a tea surprises you!

Another tea I’ve been drinking a lot of recently!

I tried finding rhubarb pie at the grocery store recently because I was craving it and it just wasn’t carried at the moment – but when I got home I realized that this was the perfect was to satisfy that craving! Lovely warming spice, but mostly a good rhubarb! I enjoyed this mug a lot – it’s not my favourite rhubarb tea in my massive stash, but I think it might be my second…

I’m trying really hard to write tasting notes right now, but I’ve attempted to do so for over a dozen teas today only for the pages to show up as 404 Errors – I know that’ll go away, but it’s super irritating. Yes, the site is running at “100% Capacity”, but had it not being doing that already for years prior to Adagio’s takeover!? Sure, the start of things was NOT great overall but at least you could write a damn tasting note more than 5% of the time…

Anyway – that frustration aside, I’m happy to have an influx of more geeky teas in my stash. I bought I bunch with the goal of having teas I could use/talk about on the podcast (Geek Steep) but this is a damn good tea regardless. It’s maybe the least overly fandom-y of the new tea additions, being inspired by Harry Potter. The dry leaf smells fucking incredible – one of the freshest smelling rhubarb teas I’ve ever come across. I should really update my Steepster profile; rhubarb has been something I’ve liked in tea for years now but it has quickly become something that I adore in tea.

I see it most often paired with custard/cream or strawberry, so it’s cool seeing a new flavour duo! The ginger is nice – why the rhubarb has a refreshing sweetness and freshness that hint of warming spice makes it feel more baked and autumnal. I can see the Rhubarb Crumble inspiration coming through, and it does feel like this would be something appropriate for The Burrow.

Nom nom nom.